Lude Generation

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Great work
Cheers
Toadster

Quick update for the record:

Driver side steering rack gaiter replaced with genuine Honda Part.

Double din stereo removed replaced with Pioneer single din and pocket. Wood surround replaced with Carbon Fibre Wrap.

Nice carbon wrap, where did you get that one, looks real

Thanks bud -just got if off ebay - its listed as 5D carbon wrap - cost just over £6 delivered for a roll of it from uk seller- ive also done the door B pillars using it - quite easy to work with and a decent quality film - this is the first time ive done any wrap

Looks absolutely mint mate! My Lude is going away for the winter sadly so your posts will have to keep me going

Proper underseal is a pain. I know something about it. I still didn't finished mine. But I have removed absolutely everything from underneath and shotblasted any corrosion. I had to find new fuel tank as the original one was not leaking until I treated it with blasting grit and then it turned into a sieve. Also I made loads of smaller and bigher brackets out of stainless stiil and used flanged stainless bolts where possible. All covered with wax during assembly. I know it will wear out but I can always reapply.

Materials I used:
epoxy primer (approx 2.5ltr),
raptor bedliner (4ltr),
chassis paint (2.5ltr) for suspension,
Mastic (1kg),
Waxoil (2.5ltr)
Cost and time? I don't wanna know...

I have a few more suspension parts to clean and paint but weather isn't helping.

I wish I'll never have to do this again

Yep i did get a quote of £650 for a company to do - which seemed ok but being a bit short of cash decided to do the underseal myself - plus i prefer to do things myself anyway - but it was a hard task even with it being a rust free fresh import.
Ive heard good things about the raptor bedliner but went with bilt hamber as i have used it before.
Im glad i did the work but i never want to do it again - doing a clutch & flyheel and poly engine mounts change (took me 8 hours) seems a pleasant easy job when compare to doing the underseal

Well done @vanzep, loving the lude and the progress you have made on it!

MOT pass with no advisories. 83000km
Oil change
Rear fog light wired up - thanks to Merlin who helped with this.

Need to chase down some oil leaks with one on the cambelt side being the priority

Lo

Toadster